Overview
Time is our most precious resource. It’s a minor tragedy for each and every one of us who doesn’t make better use of it. It’s also a shocking waste for whoever pays our salary. We all have a duty to ourselves and our organisation to improve our prioritisation and time management skills.
learning objectives
- Understand the key principles of time and priority management
- Identify and focus on high-value activities
- Use simple tools to plan, prioritise, and organise daily work
- Reduce time-wasting habits and distractions
- Improve personal productivity and reduce work-related stress
Expert trainer
Graham specialises in providing high-quality consultancy, coaching and training personal productivity, sales and business development, and customer service.
Session outline
1. Understanding prioritisation
- What matters most? Aligning tasks with business goals
- The difference between urgent and important work
- Using the Eisenhower Matrix to sort tasks
- Identifying high-value v low-value work
- Tool: Task value v effort prioritisation grid
2. Planning and scheduling your time
- Creating a simple daily or weekly plan
- Time-blocking for focus and structure
- The ‘Power Hour’ technique for deep work
- Buffer time and contingency planning
- Exercise: Design a realistic weekly work plan
3. Overcoming time-wasters and distractions
- Identifying personal and organisational time drains
- Managing emails, meetings, and interruptions
- Saying no without guilt – boundary-setting phrases
- Avoiding perfectionism and procrastination
- Tool: Daily time-tracker template
4. Building productive habits
- Starting and ending your day with purpose
- Keeping a ‘priority mindset’ throughout the day
- Using reminders, routines, and checklists
- Reviewing and adjusting your plan each week
- Action Plan: Apply one technique to your real workload
